Wild Rose (59 page)

Photograph by Teri Posyniak

About the Author

Sharon Butala
is the acclaimed author of sixteen books of fic
tion and non-fiction. Her first book,
Country of the Heart
, was published in 1984 and was shortlisted for the Books in Canada First Novel Award. Since then, her work has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize in the Canadian-Carribean section, as well as for the Governor General’s Award. Sharon has also been the recipient of the Marian Engel Award, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, and the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence, among others. Butala’s work has been published in newspapers, magazines, and literary magazines across Canada, and she has given readings around the world. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Butala was born in an outpost hospital
in Nipawin, Saskatchewan. After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan, she taught English in Saskatchewan and British Columbia and also taught in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She eventually returned to Saskatoon, before moving to Eastend, Saskatchewan, with her husband Peter Butala in 1976. She currently resides in Calgary, Alberta.